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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1910
Page
11
A mother shares frugal living details to illustrate the cost of raising a family on fifteen dollars weekly. She and her husband pinch pennies, walk to save car fare, rent eighteen dollars monthly, and subsist on milk, church fees, corned beef, and occasional fish. She notes no insurance and no luxuries, yet gratitude remains.
A reader from near Boston, writing as NEW YORK, endorses a home remedy from New York State by the Hudson River. He suggests dipping a halved onion in salt and rubbing it on chilblains for four to five nights, claiming consistent success.
A letter outlines weekly income of 16.50 with variable savings of 2 to 5 dollars, and monthly expenses including rent 10 dollars dues 3.20 music lessons 2 and church costs 20 per year. The writer sews for two children, runs a garden with 50 hens, preserves produce, and notes abundant eggs.
A dated voice extols thrift in clothing and amusements, emphasizes medical savings over seven years, careful dental care for children, and teaching clean habits with nourishing food. It urges buying weekly vegetables and affordable fruit, ending with a cryptic price note of SIXTEEN-FIFTY.
A young minister confronts his jealousy over roses at a church festival and discovers the blossoms are paper. Crippled Billy confesses his part in the deception, the parson forgives Helen Staunton, and the trio faces the truth of love and illusion in a small town setting.
A woman named Radium explains a frugal weekly menu for a family of four on 11 dollars. Rent, food, clothes and fuel consume almost all income while meals reuse leftovers. she sews clothing, shops for bargains, and limits entertainment to weekly cinema visits.
A reader under the name WORRIED asks the circle and Post for a remedy for snarled and matted hair after a year-long sickness. She hopes for an early, workable solution to avoid cutting her hair, inviting advice from fellow sisters.
A reader shares a grandfather taught method for chilblains. Soak feet nightly in hot salt water, wrap each toe in warm lard with rags, and wear stockings to hold the wraps. Repeat until symptoms disappear.
Pearl asks for tips to make a rubber plant grow. She notes a long-lasting plant that remains small and seeks practical care advice on light water and soil to promote healthier growth.
The Rev. Leopold A. Nies will speak at Tremont Temple on the Christian Man in Politics based on Dorchester citizenship work. Rev. Francis W. Sprague to take duties at St. Paul’s Universalist Church Jamaica Plain. Austin Street Unitarian Church hosts Harvard Quartet and Ada M. Phillips for building fund aid. Noonday services at St Paul’s next week feature Rev. Frederick Palmer and others. Cambridge ministers host at 47 Lee street with paper on A Liberal Pilgrim Abroad. Dr. William R. Webster travels in Connecticut for University of Chattanooga fund appeal after Rockefeller gift.
No. 64 Antoines Irs Antoinette traces the German French form of Antonia and Maria Antonia in Marie Antoinette. It recalls her royal ties, limited education, political missteps, public scorn, and eventual execution on October 15, 1793 at age 38. Subsequent names Mildred Edith Phyllis to follow daily.
The Rev Karl G Horst returns from abroad and will address his congregation at the morning service. The Christian Socialist Fellowship sets Sunday meetings at 7 36 p m in Room 230 Huntington avenue with Zartarian outlining socialism relation to labor unions. Special music at Union Congregational Church begins tomorrow at 730 pm under William Lester Bates with Mendelssohn and Gounod selections performed by a 35 voice chorus and regular quartet.
Paris reports the new cabinet will propose a law declaring strikes by public service employees illegal and imposing penalties on those taking part while not opposing trade union principles.
President Mellen of the Boston and Maine and his party completed a two days tour of the Rangeley and Somerset branches of the Maine Central. They spent Thursday night at the Kinco House in Portland and returned to Boston by special train this afternoon.
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